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Dudgeon   /dˈədʒən/   Listen
noun
Dudgeon  n.  
1.
The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made.
2.
The haft of a dagger.
3.
A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger.



Dudgeon  n.  Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure. "I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility." "Sir T. Scott."



adjective
Dudgeon  adj.  Homely; rude; coarse. (Obs.) "By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Dudgeon" Quotes from Famous Books



... himself—he and Mrs. Broderick understood each other perfectly. She had not a firmer friend in the world, unless it was her kind physician, Dr. Randolph. "Poor soul!" he repeated when his wife in silent dudgeon ...
— Doctor Luttrell's First Patient • Rosa Nouchette Carey

... Gosherd, foredeeming his search in vain, Resolved no farther to wander; But to Croyland he turned him, in dudgeon, again, Sore fretting ...
— The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme • Thomas Cooper

... which carried a brass swivel-gun in her bows, was stretching gracefully across the bay, with her three white sails flashing back the sunset. The lieutenant steered, and he had four men with him, of whom Cadman was not one, that worthy being left at home to nurse his bruises and his dudgeon. These four men now were quite marvellously civil, having heard of their comrade's plight, and being pleased alike with that and with their commander's prowess. For Cadman was by no means popular among them, because, though his pay was the same as theirs, ...
— Mary Anerley • R. D. Blackmore

... stamped out of the room in high dudgeon. His tirade was wholly lost upon his sister, however, for that lady was whimpering comfortably and putting all her feeble ...
— Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter • Lawrence L. Lynch

... urged me to go; but, independent of sickness, I hated words of the night and deeds of darkness. "I was neither a hyaena nor a witch." Kolimbota thought that we ought to conform to their wishes in every thing: I thought we ought to have some choice in the matter as well, which put him into high dudgeon. However, at ten next morning we went, and were led into the courts of Shinte, the walls of which were woven rods, all very neat and high. Many trees stood within the inclosure and afforded a grateful shade. These had been planted, ...
— Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa - Journeys and Researches in South Africa • David Livingstone


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